Sale tram stop

"Sale railway station" redirects here. For the railway station in Victoria, Australia, see Sale railway station, Victoria.
Not to be confused with Sale Water Park tram stop.
 Sale
Metrolink

Sale is one of the network’s converted heavy-rail stations
Sale
Location of Sale in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Sale
Local authority Trafford
Coordinates 53°25′28″N 2°19′08″W / 53.4244°N 2.3190°W / 53.4244; -2.3190Coordinates: 53°25′28″N 2°19′08″W / 53.4244°N 2.3190°W / 53.4244; -2.3190
Grid reference SJ788919
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone F
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator MSJAR
Pre-grouping company MSJAR
Post-grouping company MSJAR
London Midland Region of British Railways
History
Opened 20 July 1849
Closed as rail station 24 December 1991
Conversion to Metrolink operation 15 June 1992
Former name Sale Moor (1856)
Sale & Ashton on Mersey (1883)
Renamed 1931
UK Trams portal

Sale is a tram stop on the Altrincham Line of the Metrolink light-rail system in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion. Prior to this it was a railway station.

History

In 1988, as a British Rail station
In 2006, prior to refurbishment
The current exterior of the station

The station originally opened as Sale on 20 July 1849 by the Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR). Renamed as Sale Moor in 1856, as Sale & Ashton on Mersey in 1883 and as Sale in 1931. Closed as a British Rail station on 24 December 1991. Reopened as a Metrolink station on 15 June 1992.

Sale Station appears during the opening titles of Pro Evolution Soccer 2.[1]

Services

Sale is located on the Altrincham Line with trams towards Altrincham stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings. Trams also head towards Manchester and Bury, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Manchester Piccadilly or Bury, while evening and Sundays journeys run to Piccadilly only with journeys to Bury requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.[2]

Service pattern

The normal pattern is 5tph to Piccadilly and 5tph to Bury, however, due to the Metrolink currently currently operating a reduced service between Deansgate-Castlefield and Piccadilly Gardens, the services terminate at Etihad Campus and Deansgate-Castlefield.

Connecting bus routes

Sale station is well served by bus services, due to the close proximity to the town centre, with several services stopping outside the station and some services stopping around the town centre.[3]

Services that stop outside the station:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MtBqQBL5go at 0:14
  2. ↑ "Metrolink - Tram Times - Sale". Metrolink. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sale tram stop.
Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Altrincham
Altrincham – Deansgate-Castlefield Line
Monday to Saturday peak only
Altrincham – Etihad Campus Line
towards Etihad Campus
Disused railways
Altrincham
Line and station open		   Cheshire Lines Committee
Mid-Cheshire Line		   Manchester Central
1880–1969
Line and station closed
  BR (London Midland Region)
Mid-Cheshire Line		   Manchester Oxford Road
1969–89
Line closed, station open
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